Stanley Consultants

Winner: 2009 Best Employers for Workers Over 50

The company also offers referral services to full-and part-time employees looking for care providers for children, grandchildren, and elders.

Benefits/Alternative-Work Arrangements: Stanley Consultants offers its employees a number of alternative-work arrangements, including flextime, telecommuting, compressed-work schedules, and formal phased retirement. Full-time employees can move to part-time work on either a temporary or permanent basis.

Opportunities for Retirees: Stanley Consultants' 142 retirees benefit from the attention of a full- time employee whose responsibilities include retiree relations. The organization constantly communicates with retirees by inviting them to company functions, providing them ongoing access to retirement-planning workshops, recognizing them on the anniversary of their retirements, offering them employment, and inviting them to the company's Retiree Dinner. Retirees of Stanley Consultants are eligible for part-time and contract work, temporary assignments, and telecommuting opportunities at the company.

Age of Workforce: Currently, 33 percent of Stanley Consultants employees are age 50+, with an average tenure of 15 years.